Calvin Christian students honor veterans with assembly, interviews

ESCONDIDO  Calvin Christian School students honored U.S. military veterans with a special assembly on Veterans Day.

Children from the school’s preschool and elementary grades sang patriotic songs, listened to a performance of taps by a fellow student, and watched fifth-graders perform a skit about Veterans Day. The assembly concluded with first-grader Riley Allen presenting her classmates with an American flag that was flown over a U.S. military base in Afghanistan.

Students at Calvin Christian School in Escondido honored veterans earlier this month. First-grader Riley Allen - pictured with her mother, Theresa Allen; younger brother Landon; and school Superintendent Terry Kok - presented a flag on behalf of her father, a Marine Corps major serving in Afghanistan. — Courtesy of Calvin Christian School

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Students at Calvin Christian School in Escondido honored veterans earlier this month. First-grader Riley Allen - pictured with her mother, Theresa Allen; younger brother Landon; and school Superintendent Terry Kok - presented a flag on behalf of her father, a Marine Corps major serving in Afghanistan.
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The flag was given on behalf of Riley’s father, a Marine Corps major who is deployed in Afghanistan. Riley’s mother, Theresa Allen, read a letter to the students from her husband.

Later that week, Calvin Christian’s junior high students interviewed 10 local veterans for an annual history project. Eight of the veterans served in World War II, one served in the Korean War, and one served in the Vietnam War.

Calvin Christian School in north Escondido is a private Christian school that serves children from preschool through high school.